CORE ELECTRON HEATING IN SOLAR WIND RECONNECTION EXHAUSTS

被引：12

作者：

Pulupa, M. P. ^{[1
]}

Salem, C. ^{[1
]}

Phan, T. D. ^{[1
]}

Gosling, J. T. ^{[2
]}

Bale, S. D. ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO 80303 USA

[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS | 2014年 / 791卷 / 01期

关键词：

magnetic reconnection; plasmas; solar wind; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA; RADIO; AU;

D O I：

10.1088/2041-8205/791/1/L17

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We present observational evidence of core electron heating in solar wind reconnection exhausts. We show two example events, one which shows clear heating of the core electrons within the exhaust, and one which demonstrates no heating. The event with heating occurred during a period of high inflow Alfven speed (V-AL), while the event with no heating had a low V-AL. This agrees with the results of a recent study of magnetopause exhausts, and suggests that similar core electron heating can occur in both symmetric (solar wind) and asymmetric (magnetopause) exhausts.

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